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Marine Machinery Association Meeting Set For Washington, April 30 The Marine Machinery Associa- tion will hold their next meeting at the Sheraton Washington (D.C.) Hotel on Wednesday, April 30. The program is scheduled as fol- lows: 9-9:15 Welcoming remarks, D.A. Marangiello, executive direc- tor, MMA. 9:15-10:15 Major General Joe Morgan, USAF, executive direc- tor for quality assurance, Defense Logistics Agency will describe programs being implemented by DLA to improve quality. 10:30-11:30 RAdm Roger B. Home, Jr. USN, deputy com- mander for industrial facilities, 2nd Management, Naval Sea Sys- tems Command, will discuss cur- rent status of industrial material improvements of NAVSEA. 11:30-1:30 Reception and Lun- cheon. Keynote speaker: Honor- able Les Aspin, member of Con- gress, 1st district of Wisconsin, Chairman of the House Commit- tee on Armed Services. Afternoon Session—Restricted 1:45-2:30 Robert McClory, re- tired veteran of 20 years service in Congress from Illinois will explain how to conduct better liaison and more effective communication with elected officials in Congress. 2:40-3:00 Business meeting—estab- lishment of working committees. 3:00-4:00 Individual committee working sessions. Registration fees for the meeting are $75 for members, $200 for non- members. The Sheraton Washing- ton will honor guaranteed rates of $110/single or $130/double from Tuesday April 29 through Saturday April 5 for those attending the MMA meeting. For hotel reserva- tions, call (202) 328-2000 no later than April 11. For further details on the April 30 meeting or on the Marine Machin- ery Association, contact the execu- tive director, MMA, 1700 K St., NW, Washington, DC 20006 or call (703) 553-1821. U.S. Naviation Names Capt. Frank Bullen Operations Manager Frank M. Cangemi, president of U.S. Navigation, Inc., has named Capt. 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